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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1900-1945 I want you to tell R.M. du Gard how highly I esteem 'Barois'. When I first bought it, ages ago, I was so impressed by it that I had it charmingly bound, and I often rea...Arnold Bennett Roger Martin du GardJean BaroisPrint: Book
1900-1945Barrès is all right sometimes. The 'Jardin de Bérénice' is his best work. You ought to read Charles Louis Philippe’s 'Bubu de Montparnasse'. And Roger Martin du Gard’s...Arnold Bennett Roger Martin du GardJean BaroisPrint: Book
1850-1899'Australian Bush life'Sarah Good Rolf BoldrewoodRobbery Under ArmsPrint: Book
1850-1899'May (Stowe Hill)'Sarah Good Rolf BoldrewoodThe Squatter's DreamPrint: Book
1900-1945'"Been across before?" I asked him, condescendingly.
"Once or twice," he answered with a grin. "Have you?"
"A few times," I admitted largely; and I proceeded ...		Desmond Malone Rolf Boldrewood (pseud.)Robbery Under ArmsPrint: Book
1900-1945'Monday 20th December ?Au dessus de la m?l?e? ? (Romain Rolland). This is the first time I have managed to get hold of this book. Mother was very friendly with Madele...Gerald Moore Romain RollandAu dessus de la m?lPrint: Book
1900-1945'Wednesday 22 December. I have just finished ?Au dessus de la M?l?e?. It revives all my anger at the treacherous laziness of those who experienced the war, in failing...Gerald Moore Romain RollandAu dessus de la m?lPrint: Book
1900-1945'30th September 1928 (Sunday) We saw the Clichy party to their tram, then [illegible] Henry and I had a coffee at the Express du Havre and finally parted for home at ...Gerald Moore Romain RollandJean ChristophePrint: Book
1900-1945'1st October 1928 (Monday). Dug further into ?Jean Christophe? in the Luncheon hour. Am thoroughly enjoying this great book. I hope the other volumes are as good as ...Gerald Moore Romain RollandJean ChristophePrint: Book
1900-1945'2nd September 1928 (Tuesday) Sunday?s ?Observer? suggests a clean break with the line of diplomatic action brought to light by the revelations regarding the Anglo-Fre...Gerald Moore Romain RollandJean ChristophePrint: Book
1900-1945'Monday, 15th October 1928 ?Vie de Tolstoy? (Romain Rolland)'. Gerald Moore Romain RollandVie de TolstoyPrint: Book
1900-1945'17th February 1929 (Sunday). After a long and very cosy dinner I started for home. I missed the train owing to my having to climb the great gate as B. had forgotten h...Gerald Moore Romain RollandLes AmisPrint: Book
1900-1945'24th February 1929 (Sunday) Finished reading ?Les Amis? before luncheon. Rolland is the most ?beautiful? writer I know and this book is as good as his best. I...Gerald Moore Romain RollandLes AmisPrint: Book
1900-1945'Years afterwards, I was to discover the "Declaration of the Independence of the Mind" issued to his fellow brain-workers by the French writer, Romain Rolland, from Ville...Vera Brittain Romain RollandDeclaration of the Independence of the Mind Print: Unknown
1900-1945'Fine all day, sunny but cold. Mr Henriez, vice consul at Aleppo and at Mosul is on board, going to take up his post at Alexandria. Reading "Jean Christophe" — most...Gertrude Bell Romain RollandJean-ChristophePrint: Book
1900-1945'Thank you very much for sending me your contribution towards the solution of the great problem [Polish independence].[...] Your arguments and your conclusions seem to me...Joseph Conrad Roman DmowskiRussian Realities and Problems (chapter) or Proble...Print: Book, Pamphlet, see additional comment, identity of text uncertain
1900-1945'I am sorry I am so late in thanking you for the two vols of Polish Literature which I have read with the highest appreciation — and for the brochure on the religious ele...Joseph Conrad Roman DyboskiModern Polish Literature: a course of lectures del...Print: Book
1900-1945'I am sorry I am so late in thanking you for the two vols of Polish Literature which I have read with the highest appreciation — and for the brochure on the religious ele...Joseph Conrad Roman DyboskiPeriods of Polish Literary History: Being the Ilch...Print: Book
1900-1945'I am sorry I am so late in thanking you for the two vols of Polish Literature which I have read with the highest appreciation — and for the brochure on the religious ele...Joseph Conrad Roman Dyboski?The Religious Element in Polish National LifePrint: Pamphlet
1900-1945'Now I'm reading Festivals of Fire, which I had sent for before I got your letter; it was most charming of you to offer to send it it to me, and I think it remarkable, an...Edith Sitwell Ronald BottrallFestival of FirePrint: Book


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